BIENVENIDAS MIS AMIGOS DE LA IGLESIA DE GOZO

THIS WEEK WAS GENERAL CONFERENCE!! I hope your questions were answered, you felt the spirit and love of our Savior, and you enjoyed your time with your families! I listened to all of it in Spanish and probably understood about one-third of it. ESOOOO!!

For those of you who have been asking about my Spanish progress, I would compare myself to a 4-year-old at this point! YEP, PROGRESS!! I’d say I’m probably 4/10 Latina at this point! The members here keep saying I’m getting closer, and I absolutely love them! They were so excited when they heard there was a new temple in Idaho! Hermano Marvin, in particular, looked at me, threw his fist in the air, and yelled, "Idahoooo." I’m excited for Mexico and their new temple as well!!

One talk I loved was by Elder Ulisses Soares (he never disappoints), but I especially liked this quote because the computer glitched, and it started talking in English, which was exactly what Hermana Boden needed to hear. The quote was:

"WHAT WORKS FOR THEE,
WORKS FOR ME."

Yep, definitely going to use this!

What was one quote that stuck out to you guys?

Also, my companion and I had a friend come and watch the conference with us during the Saturday afternoon session at the church! Before the session, we showed him around the church with a member and taught him about it. During the session, I feel like it addressed everything we had talked about with our friend beforehand, but something specific stood out. One Elder (I didn’t catch his name) said, "BIENVENIDOS A LA IGLESIA DE GOZO!" or "WELCOME TO THE CHURCH OF JOY." I testify that this is totally true! The Church of our Savior, Jesus Christ, is literally a church for our happiness and a place where we can feel His love! I truly feel that our friend was able to feel this love and joy, knowing that he is always welcome to come and visit our church again!

Something I love about our church is that the sign outside says, "VISITANTES BIENVENIDOS" – "VISITORS WELCOME," which is so true! EVERYONE is welcome to come and have the opportunity to feel the JOY the Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints brings!

Friends, my invitation for you this week is to invite one sheep, one friend, one of our Heavenly Father’s children, to come to church this week and feel this joy!

Or

Another invitation: I invite you, if you aren’t a member or missed the session, to watch one talk from General Conference this week on YouTube or wherever you can access it! If you are a member, I invite you to send one of your favorite quotes or talks from General Conference to a friend!

Gotta love the photos and videos: (https://photos.app.goo.gl/JHWPVtr96iG39ofK8)

¡BIENVENIDOS, MIS AMIGOS!

HERMANA BODEN











Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Oveja - Buscando Al Indicado

Image
¡Holaaaaa! In my studies this week, I have been focusing on the people out in the field I get the opportunity to teach. Also, I leave for the field next week, and I’ve been here over a month (time slow down!). A scripture I read and that has stuck out to me is in Luke 15:4, and it says: "What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?" The last few years, I’ve had the desire to be a nurse or something like it. There is so much I can say, but through my CNA clinicals and working at an assisted living facility, I’ve seen people in pain, and it hurts to watch. It got me thinking about how our Savior feels that pain. He feels our pain, sorrows, and trials. That can't be easy, but it is also a blessing because He knows how we feel. So turn to Him in prayer, and He can bring you comfort. I know from experience because I pray A LOT that He is a GREAT LISTENE...
Read more

! EN LA TIERRA PROMETIDA !

Image
¡Buenos días! ¿Cómo están? How is everyone doing? Here in Cacahoatán, a member, Hermano Marvin, has been teaching my compañera and me more about the history of the Book of Mormon, and let me tell you, it's FASCINATING! After our discussion, he asked me how I felt, and I said, "NO TENGO PALABRAS" - "I HAVE NO WORDS." First off, he showed us a map of the Book of Mormon lands, which are in the Mesoamericas. He says Hermana Huerta and I are extremely lucky because we are literally serving in "A PROMISED LAND" mentioned in the Book of Mormon! There are a few stones here, but one we specifically focused on is the IZAPA STONE (The Tree of Life). This stone includes many pictures and symbols from the scriptures! Ahh, I wish I could sit down and explain it all to you right now! I still need to do a lot more research, though. I bought a stone and will put a picture of it in my Google Photos, along with the map, for you all if you are interested! You can basicall...
Read more

¡NECESITA COCA!

Image
Hola! OK, first off - RAMBUTAN (the BEST fruit in the WORLD)!! I tried it a week ago and fell in love! Sadly, rambutan is only grown here. Sorry. I also tried papaya and mangosteen, along with many other things. Papaya is alright, and mangosteen is also really good! They grow on so many trees! With that said, gullible Hermana Boden was trying to get some rambutan off a random tree (jumping as high as I could) when a lady spotted us! I was like, "oh no," because it could have been her tree. My companion and I looked at each other with concern... The lady said, "come here!... I have more inside." Phew. We got some fruit and were also able to give her a little lesson. So my gullibility led us to teach this lady! Pretty good! Hermana Boden also put her hair in a French braid, a pretty proud moment! (I'm not very good at hair). I always had my cousin Rue do it back home. Here they call Coke "Coca." When I was younger and started my love for sports, I quit d...
Read more